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Canalis 1$ to 2 in. long, dull white, spotted within with some yelloy 
r purple, also varying to light- yellow ; endocarp crested on te 
posterio suture only. 
Hab Pah naturalised. Native country, Mexico. The stigmatic hs 
of the a sais to close when touched. 
Order EUPHORBIACEA. 
EUPHORBLIA, Linn. 
E. Muelleri, ate: Flora Austr, vii. 48. “A dwarf plant 
thick woody rhizome and procumbent or ascending rather age 
of 1 to 2 in., densely eitascent with short hairs or nearly glab 
Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rather crowded, ovate 0 orbicular or 
upper ones oblong, rather thick entire, 2 to 5 lines long, very 9) 
heads larger than in 2. australis and 2. Drummondii, solitary 
pedicellate in the upper axils, forming almost a terminal leafy 
Involucre about 1 line long, glabrous or pubescent. Capsule y 
long, glabrous or shortly hairy. Styles short. Seeds i 
Fugose 
The foregoing is the description given in the above work, 
which the Georgina River specimens seem only to differ in & 
minor - oints 
te. the limestone country about Roxborough Downs. 
E. Coghlani (n. sp.) (After J. Coghlan, to whom I a 
for many specimens of Georgina plants.) A small gto 
or poe covered with short white hairs. | Leaves oppos 
pe to : pe long, oblong to ovate, obtuse oF 4p} 
hairs similar to those 
coriaceous. Stipules rather long, tapering from th 
pauee very deciduous. Flower hanla shortly pedicella 
oose irregular cymes, terminal upon the upper branc 
coloured. Capsule 3-lobed, about 1} lines broad. Styles ? 
divided to about the m1 idle. Seeds pruinose, vine smooth. 
b.: Li er. 
ae other Australian species in S smooth seeds. In habit it apP 
E. filipés, Benth., but forms a much more med bush than thats 
Order ORCHIDEZ. 
PHAIUS grandifolins, Lour. 
I am led to make a few remarks upon this 
order to g ee attention to a form now w (October) b 
bush-house at Bowen Park. Mr. W. Soutter tells me ae 
the ag * Stradbroke Island some years mas at: whic 
: hat are termed double flowers. Thes 0 
occur aS frequently in orchideous genera thap in ge 
orders; and while this malformation gives a fulness t° 
